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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is under fire for her chaotic management of the agency (Al Drago/Getty Images)

Noem under fire for more than just ICE

Jelinda Montes

The DHS secretary is facing accusations of hindering other departments of the sprawling agency she leads

Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

US measles status review delayed

Garrett Owen

Over 1100 measles cases have been reported in the US in 2026

A plume of smoke rises after an explosion on March 2, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was confirmed killed after the United States and Israel launched a joint attack on Iran on February 28. Iran retaliated by firing waves of missiles and drones at Israel, and targeting U.S. allies in the region. (Photo by Majid Saeedi/Getty Images)

Iran strikes leave US travelers in lurch

Garrett Owen

Over a thousand Americans have requested State Department assistance to leave the region

Bruce Springsteen ( Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images for AFI)

The Neverland fantasy of "Born to Run"

Carlee Migliorisi

Springsteen reveals how a childhood love of Peter and Wendy led to a time-honored hit

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An undated photograph of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein (Democrats on the House Oversight Committee)

DOJ admits to removing Epstein files

Jelinda Montes

The files, including allegations against Trump, are expected to be returned to the database after review

The various couples of "Bridgerton" and "Heated Rivalry" (Photo illustration by Salon / Netflix / HBO Max / Crave)

"Bridgerton" in a "Heated Rivalry" world

Melanie McFarland

In refreshingly different ways, these lusty pleasures have freed TV's hero romances from straight expectations

Some of MAGA podcaster Candace Owens' conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk's death involve Erika Kirk (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Candace Owens can't be stopped

Sophia Tesfaye

Erika Kirk’s defense of herself gets drowned out by “Bride of Charlie” documentary

Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will advance to a May 26 run-off to determine the Lone Star State's GOP Senate nominee (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Danielle Villasana / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary shows MAGA loves a villain

Amanda Marcotte

Ken Paxton’s scandals helped him undermine John Cornyn as the GOP Senate primary goes to a runoff

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(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / ROBYN BECK / AFP)

ICE’s lost and found problem

Nicholas Liu

Detainees were told their clothing, phones, documents and money were gone — and then their lawyers went to work

Smoke rises from the area after it was targeted in attacks as a series of explosions are heard in Tehran, Iran on March 01, 2026. The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) building after Iranian authorities said it was targeted in the attacks, as the Iranian army announced it had launched new strikes against U.S. and Israeli targets. (Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Does the US have an endgame in Iran?

Farah N. Jan - The Conversation

The attacks on Iran are terrifyingly light on strategy

Donald Trump used social media again to dictate policy. This time to end migration from "Third-World Countries" and call out Minnesota's Somalian community. (Jim WATSON / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump: Favored Iran successors are dead

Alex Galbraith

The president admitted that his administration's first choices to lead Iran had been killed in airstrikes

U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Commander at Large Gregory Bovino speaks during a news conference at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal on January 25, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The news conference comes after 37-year-old legal observer Alex Pretti was fatally shot during a confrontation with federal agents. The Trump administration has sent a reported 3,000 federal agents into the area, with more on the way, as they make a push to arrest undocumented immigrants in the region. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

MN launches probes into Bovino, DHS

Garrett Owen

The Department of Homeland Security called the investigations "unlawful"

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Woman utilizing tablet in the kitchen while cooking (Getty Images/Tijana Simic)

Delete your food delivery apps

Joy Saha

I recently bid farewell to every single food delivery app on my phone. My overall well-being thanked me

Talk of President Donald Trump's "Donroe Doctrine" has been overblown (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump’s foreign policy has no rules

Heather Digby Parton

The president's war with Iran proves that talk of a "Donroe Doctrine" was fiction

ICE officers depart the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building on February 4, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

The staying power of mass deportations

Chauncey DeVega

Polls show that tens of millions of Americans still support ICE and the president's mass deportations

Democratic candidates Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico, who are competing for their party’s nomination in the Texas U.S. Senate primary ahead of the 2026 general election. (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / John Medina / Richard Rodriguez)

Texas primary could rewrite Dem playbook

Russell Payne

Both Jasmine Crockett and James Talarico have a theory of politics to test

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth looks on as U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting of his Cabinet in the Cabinet Room of the White House on December 02, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Trump officials attended Flynn summit

Doug Bock Clark - ProPublica

Attendees called for Trump to declare a national emergency and take over the midterms

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) speaks at a re-election rally at Maceachron Park on June 21, 2024 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. (Joy Malone/Getty Images)

Sanders, Khanna float billionaire tax

Garrett Owen

The tax revenue could result in direct payments to Americans making less than $150,000 a year

U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth  attends a Medal of Honor Ceremony in the East Room of the White House on March 02, 2026. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Hegseth: Iran isn't another forever war

Garrett Owen

Recent U.S. strikes in Iran have split public opinion and Congress

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, speaks  in Dallas on Dec. 19, 2025. (Omar Vega/Getty Images)

GOP meddling roils Texas Dem primary

Patrick Svitek, Gabby Birenbaum - The Texas Tribune

A super PAC supporting James Talarico is running ads online warning that the GOP is “boosting” Jasmine Crockett

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Air strikes are continuing in Tehran and across Iran as part of the U.S. and Israel's military offensive against the Islamic Republic (Contributor/Getty Images)

Mainstream media rallies for war, again

Sophia Tesfaye

Why Donald Trump isn't bothering to make the case for war against Iran

Pictures provided by the U.S. Department of Justice as part of the Jeffrey Epstein files (Martin BUREAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Epstein files are conspiracy-pilling us

Andi Zeisler

The deliberately opaque releases and redactions are bringing America’s biggest conspiracy theories back

The Trump administration's attacks on accurate history at Smithsonian museums have led some historians to practice "guerrilla teaching." (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)

Historians fight Trump policing the past

Chauncey DeVega

Attempts to reshape the Smithsonian reflect a broader campaign to control public memory and what Americans learn

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during an event to "Celebrate the Implementation of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans" at the Health and Human Services Headquarters on February 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

RFK Jr.'s glyphosate reversal

Garrett Owen

The herbicide has been called "a probable human carcinogen" associated with cancers, heart and liver disease

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